Hello,
your kernel is probably compiled with booting from NFS, where did you do
"cat /proc/cmdline" when you are not able to boot? Probably not on the
target, but host?
Dalibor
>> You should have exactly
>> FIVE
>> steps:
>>
>> 1. Create and verify bootable 2GB copy of that 512MB 2.6.29 dd image.
> DONE. Checked the command line used by "cat /proc/cmdline" and found that
> it used "root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc lpj=498688 console=null"
>> 2. Download/Patch kernel source, edit top-level kernel Makefile to
>> point CROSS_COMPILE at your toolchain
> DONE.
>> 3. Build kernel 'make ts72xx_def', 'make' and 'make
>> modules_install' (syntax below)
> DONE. Used the file 'ts72xx_eabi_full_defconfig' during the first step,
> as that was provided with the patches.
>> 4. Insert 2GB SD card into reader and dd kernel to partition two
> DONE.
>> 5. cp modules directory to partition four, replacing the prior
>> modules dir, unmount, remove card
> DONE. Although, I noticed that the previous modules were in
> /lib/modules/2.6.29-ts/, and the new modules were put into
> /lib/modules/2.6.29.1-m/.
>>
>> That's it, nothing else.
>
> Upon booting, I get rolling reboots, with the boot messages ending in:
>
> IP-Config: Guessing netmask 255.255.255.0
> IP-Config: Complete:
> device=eth0, addr=192.168.1.50, mask=255.255.255.0,
> gw=255.255.255.255,
> host=192.168.1.50, domain=, nis-domain=(none),
> bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=192.168.1.48, rootpath=
> Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 192.168.1.48
> PHY: 0:01 - Link is Up - 100/Full
>
>
>>> TS-SDBOOT - built Aug 10 2009
>>> Copyright (c) 2007, Technologic Systems
>
> It seems to me it is looking for the rootserver, which of course is not
> there, and then it craps out and reboots. I don't understand how you were
> able to follow that procedure and have things work unless you also set up
> a root file system via NFS. If you are the author of the Quakefinder
> HOWTO, that you ARE using NFS, which is why it is able to work for you.
> Even when I change the root command line to what it was in the
> 512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd, I still get rolling reboots.
>
> Don
>>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Don Tucker wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Clark. I am using the crosstool-linux-gnueabi-2005q3-2.tar.gz
>>> for my crosstool chain. It extracts to
>>> |arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
>>>
>>> Well, I retried with the ts7200_eabi_full_defconfig, but had the same
>>> problem. I've ran into this problem many times trying to boot without
>>> using an NFS root file system, but I don't know what to change to make
>>> it work.
>>>
>>> Don
>>> |
>>> On 2/10/2011 5:44 PM, Clark wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Err, one more point. I have built both of these kernels many times,
>>>> never had your problem. One thing that did give me the rolling
>>>> re-boots was when I used the wrong gcc (4.x.x.). I settled on TS'
>>>> toolchain, 3.3.4 eabi.
>>>>
>>>> --- In <ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com>,
>>>> Clark Dunson <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck. I've never seen that rolling reboot you describe
>>>>> with any kind of kernel panic, maybe I am just lucky. That is
>>>>> why I focussed on the disc particulars in my last post. If you
>>>>> want my default image, tell me where I can copy a 2GB image
>>>>> to and it's yours.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Don Tucker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Clark. I was using TS's 2.6.290-ts kernel source, but
>>>>>> I'll try
>>>>>> the mainline 2.6.29 kernel with Matthieu's patchset to see if that
>>>>>> works
>>>>>> any better. My main fear in using non-TS stuff is that I will need
>>>>>> drivers for the PC/104 bus to use COM ports on that for the TS-GSM1
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> drivers for the TS-ETH2 as well. Hopefully, those will be in there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/10/2011 5:15 PM, Clark Dunson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Don. I used the 512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd image,
>>>>>>> and the first thing I did was transfer that image to a 2GB card
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> make sure it works with dd & bs=2048. Then I enlarged the fourth
>>>>>>> partition to fill the card. That gave me: my2GB-linux2629-lenny-
>>>>>>> eabi.dd,
>>>>>>> which I used as an image from then on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then I took the 2.6.29 kernel source from www.kernel.org, and
>>>>>>> applied
>>>>>>> Matthieu's patchset to it. Then I used the default
>>>>>>> configuration for
>>>>>>> TS-7260
>>>>>>> as a starting point.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You'll have to look into arch/arm/config to see the ones Matthieu
>>>>>>> added, think
>>>>>>> it was 'make ts7260_def_config' but I could be off a few
>>>>>>> letters on
>>>>>>> spelling the
>>>>>>> make target.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The whole thing is tricky.
>>>>>>> I use standard a USB card reader.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The kernel insertion:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dd if=/arch/arm/boot/zImage of=/dev/sde2 bs=2048
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is safe. But you must make darn sure to unmount the
>>>>>>> auto-mounted /dev/sde1 /cdv/sde2, and /dev/sd4 BEFORE
>>>>>>> using dd on these other partitions! Running fsck on them
>>>>>>> occasionally
>>>>>>> from the host machine is not a bad idea!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I finally resorted to using the make modules_install target in the
>>>>>>> kernel and directing
>>>>>>> the build to copy the modules to a neutral location:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo -E make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/home/qf/Desktop/bbb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and then
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sudo cp -r /home/qf/Desktop/bbb/lib/modules/ /media/disk-2/lib/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then each of the three mounted partitions must be manually
>>>>>>> unmounted,
>>>>>>> or you
>>>>>>> are asking for trouble: sudo umount /dev/sde1, etc. (sde4 takes
>>>>>>> ~30
>>>>>>> seconds
>>>>>>> to unmount)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Don Tucker wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks, Clark. Yes, it is a 2GB SD card, and yes, I do use the
>>>>>>>> bs=2048
>>>>>>>> option. I can get the 512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd
>>>>>>>> <ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7260-linux/binaries/ts-
>>>>>>>> images/512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd.bz2>
>>>>>>>> image to boot, but not after rebuilding the kernel. Do you have a
>>>>>>>> default config file for the TS-7260 with the 2.6.29-ts kernel
>>>>>>>> that you
>>>>>>>> can point me toward?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/10/2011 3:59 PM, Clark Dunson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes Don,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you on a 2GB SD card?
>>>>>>>>> Be sure you include the bs=2048 option to dd every single
>>>>>>>>> time you
>>>>>>>>> write to a 2GB SD card.
>>>>>>>>> I have replaced the kernel many times without trouble using
>>>>>>>>> dd in
>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> manner.
>>>>>>>>> That rolling reboot you describe happens here when I don't do it
>>>>>>>>> right.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Rekcut_Nod wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Has anyone managed to get this combination running? I tried
>>>>>>>>>> to get
>>>>>>>>>> this image
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7260-linux/binaries/ts-
>>>>>>>>>> images/512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd.bz2
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> to boot with a rebuilt kernel using this source
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7260-linux/sources/
>>>>>>>>>> tskernel-2.6.29-ts-src.tar.gz
>>>>>>>>>> <ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7260-li%21%0A%20nux/
>>>>>>>>>> sources/tskernel-2.6.29-ts-src.tar.gz>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and a config file that I used with a 2.6.21-ts kernel, but
>>>>>>>>>> the the
>>>>>>>>>> resulting SD card just keeps rebooting after the second '.'
>>>>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>>>>> the "TS-BOOT" message.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am only considering doing this because the 2.6.21-ts
>>>>>>>>>> driver for
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> TS-ETH2 card (ax88796b) seems to have issues. :(
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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